James Wood
James Wood, Author at IDR Medical
10 Tips to Ensure A Successful Customer Segmentation Project
December 04, 2023
In today's highly competitive med-tech market, it's important to understand your customers and cater to their specific needs. IDR Medical has been at the forefront of the medical market research industry for over a decade. During this time, we have ...
Conjoint Analysis in Healthcare: Examples & Challenges
August 02, 2023
A conjoint analysis example can be complex. As global leaders in medical market research, IDR Medical show the benefits and challenges they can present.
What Is Patient Journey Mapping and Why Is It Important
July 26, 2023
Patient journey mapping, sometimes referred to as healthcare process mapping, is a visual representation of the patient’s experience from the point of locating healthcare services to the point of follow-up after treatment has been completed. It is used ...
Using Ethnography In Healthcare Research
July 25, 2023
Ethnography has become an invaluable tool in healthcare market research. By observing behaviors and interactions in real-world settings, c provides unique insights that traditional surveys, interviews, and focus groups may miss.
Using Conjoint Analysis To Optimize Medical Device Design
July 15, 2023
Learn how conjoint analysis with IDR Medical can help you gain valuable insights, create a successful medical device pricing strategy, and optimize product design. Conjoint analysis is a method of research that assesses and quantifies the importance ...
Usability testing 101
November 26, 2018
Usability testing is a critical component of new product development in the medical device industry. In its simplest form, it is the process of understanding how easily your target audience find it to use your product or service. It typically consists of ...
Is your market research really delivering insights?
October 29, 2018
In the realm of market research, do you ever get frustrated (or even annoyed) by the excessive use of the word ‘insight’? The word seems to have been gaining ever more prominence, to the point that today, it is often bandied about as a direct synonym for ...
The mobile revolution and its impact on medical device market research
July 05, 2018
Mobile technology is continuing to transform our lives. With the number of smartphone users expected to grow to around 2.5 billion in 2019, we are truly living in a mobile first world. Mobile has become the fastest and most convenient way of contacting ...
The Reimbursement Environment for Medical Devices in Italy
May 29, 2018
Background Italy has a population of 60.6 million citizens (2017) that reside in 20 regions. Healthcare coverage is provided by the Servizio Sanitario Nazionale (SSN, or National Health Service), financed through a combination of public and private ...
The Reimbursement Environment for Medical Devices in Germany
May 02, 2018
Background Germany has a stable healthcare system, rooted in compulsory contributions to Statutory Health Insurance (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung/GKV). Approximately 92% of the population is covered by it, and it aims to provide a fair benefit package ...